Vanilla Politician
Exploring Joe Biden's career in the Senate, as Obama's VP, and in the Democratic primary to find out what it means in the election.
Biden has become much more liberal over the years — compare his early Senate years to his current policies. He plays old school politics: he had a career in public service, he rose in the ranks, he compromises across the aisle. He is unthreatening to voters and uncontroversial in politics. The contradiction between his progressive platform and his anti-progressive character is part of why he won the primary; his typicality and vanilla-ness, in addition to his personal charm, will help him out in the general election.
For more detail, listen to the full episode. This episode is largely based on a video by Vox.